Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.

Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.

We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.

We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.

As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, read more

As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.

The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.

The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than read more

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.

There is nothing certain except the unforeseen.

There is nothing certain except the unforeseen.

Memory moderates prosperity, decreases adversity, controls youth and delights old age.

Memory moderates prosperity, decreases adversity, controls youth and delights old age.

He who helps in the saving of others, Saves himself as well.

He who helps in the saving of others, Saves himself as well.

The whole world loves a maverick and the whole world wants the maverick to achieve something nobler than simple rebellion

The whole world loves a maverick and the whole world wants the maverick to achieve something nobler than simple rebellion